Tag: Treatments

Top broker doesn’t let paralysis stop him from realizing dreams

Eric Northbrook is well known throughout the San Diego County real estate community as one of the region's top brokers. Now, the Cushman & Wakefield...

Tip of the iceberg

There's more to paralysis than not being able to move. Victoria reveals the hidden medical challenges faced by people with spinal injuries Paralysis is...

Research shows big strides start with small steps

Jeff Adams looked up from his wheelchair at the Bloorview Kids Rehab centre yesterday and saw what might have been. Coming toward him was Nicholas...

State spinal cord fund may be named for Reeve

There is movement in Albany to rename the state's spinal cord injury research fund and its research board in memory of Christopher Reeve, the...

Doctor says ‘golden age’ of spinal cord injury treatments a decade away

TORONTO (CP) - Arms trembling, Nicholas Schoenhoff pushed himself up from his wheelchair, grabbed a pair of silver canes and took a few wobbly...

UofL to play host to top spinal cord injury experts

13th annual Kentucky Spinal Cord and Head Injury Research Trust Symposium The meeting, focused on new research and treatments for spinal cord injury, is co-sponsored...

Scientist’s discovery of role of Aquaporin in spinal injuries recognized with research funding award

Dr. Olivera Nesic-Taylor, an assistant professor in biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Texas, Galveston, was presented with the Erica Nader Award...

Human stem cell treatment restores motor function in paralyzed rats

Rats paralyzed due to loss of blood flow to the spine returned to near normal ambulatory function six weeks after receiving grafts of human...

Patients heading abroad for hope

Those with spinal injuries brave risks to find new therapies overseas McKINNEY – Two weeks after Tonya Winchester celebrated her high school graduation, an 18-wheeler...

Regenecell

Regenecell was founded with the mission of becoming a leader inthe field - affording patients the very best regenerative treatmentsthat biology and science have...